Poppo (Münsterschwarzach)

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Poppo († June 27, 1125 or 1126 ) was abbot of the Benedictine monastery in Münsterschwarzach from February 1125 or 1126 until his death in June of the same year .

Münsterschwarzach before Poppo

Before Abbot Poppo, the Münsterschwarzach Abbey was shaped primarily by the reforms of Gorze . The prelates of the monastery were appointed by the Würzburg bishops who also wanted to promote the renewal. Important predecessors of the abbot were Alapold and the later canonized Egbert , who came straight from the abbey in Gorze. Under Abbot Rupert , Poppos's direct predecessor, a Würzburg bishop was even consecrated in the Münsterschwarzach monastery.

Life

Little is known about Abbot Poppo due to his short tenure. It is clear that he died already in election year and the blessing could not get. The reason for this could be the plague that raged in the monastery during these years and also killed Poppo's successor. The date of death in the Münsterschwarzach necrology is June 27, and the necrology of the Michelsberg monastery in Bamberg is June 28. In the latter, the abbot is listed under the name Pabo. Poppo died on 1125 or 1126.

literature

  • Johannes Mahr: Münsterschwarzach. 1200 years of a Franconian abbey. Münsterschwarzach 2002.
  • Leo Trunk: The Abbots of Münsterschwarzach. A comparative overview. In: Pirmin Hugger (Ed.): Magna Gratia. Festschrift for the 50th anniversary of the consecration of the Münsterschwarzach abbey church 1938–1988. Münsterschwarzach 1988.
  • Gabriel Vogt: On the early history of the Münsterschwarzach Abbey. Volkach 1980.
  • Heinrich Wagner: The abbots of Megingaudshausen and Münsterschwarzach in the Middle Ages. In: Pirmin Hugger (Ed.): Magna Gratia. Festschrift for the 50th anniversary of the consecration of the Münsterschwarzach abbey church 1938–1988. Münsterschwarzach 1988.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ While Heinrich Wagner (p. 117) mentions these years, some other representations speak of the years 1135 and 1136. Cf.: Leo Trunk: The Abbots of Münsterschwarzach . P. 154 f.
  2. ↑ Corresponding to the death of his predecessor Abbot Rupert.
  3. ^ Johannes Mahr: Münsterschwarzach. 1200 years of a Franconian abbey. P. 19.
  4. ^ Heinrich Wagner: The abbots of Münsterschwarzach in the Middle Ages. P. 118.
predecessor Office successor
Rupert Abbot of Münsterschwarzach
1125/1126 		tungsten
personal data
SURNAME Poppo
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Pabo
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German Benedictine abbot
DATE OF BIRTH 11th century or 12th century
DATE OF DEATH June 27, 1125 or June 27, 1126